Content

16.1

The
Assistant Director of Living and Ageing Well introduced the report
which provided the Committee with an update on early intervention
and prevention activities, in line with priority 6 of the Strategy
Delivery Plan.

16.2

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Adult Health
and Social Care Policy Committee:-

Notes
progress in implementing the early help and prevention arrangements
to prevent, reduce and delay the onset of social care
needs.
Endorses that the refresh of the Adults Social Care Strategy
Living the Life You Want to Live will continue to encompass and be
the adults early help strategy.
Agrees
to the co-design and co-production of a broad partnership-based
Adult’s Prevention and Early Intervention Delivery Plan that
will detail how the Care Act 2014 duties to ‘prevent’,
‘reduce’ and ‘delay’ the onset of social
care needs is achieved across the Local Authority and its
partners.
Requests that the Strategic Director Adult Care and Wellbeing
provides an update in 6 months on delivery of the
programme.

16.3

Reasons for Decision

16.3.1

The
Care Act 2014 set out a vision that the care and support system
works to actively promote wellbeing and independence and does not
just wait to respond when people reach a crisis point. Due to this,
the Care Act 2014 sets out duties on the Local Authority to promote
wellbeing, integrated working, provide information and advice and
to prevent, reduce and delay the need for care and
support.

16.3.2

Agreeing to the co-design and co-production of a broad
partnership-based Adult’s Prevention and Early Intervention
Delivery Plan that will detail how the Care Act 2014 duties to
‘prevent’, ‘reduce’ and ‘delay’
the onset of social care needs is achieved across the Local
Authority and its partners will provide assurance as to delivery
and impact.

16.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

16.4.1

Do nothing: It would be possible not to produce a
plan in relation to early intervention and prevention – but
it would mean any activity would lack focus, coherence, and public
accountability.